Mississippi Highway 336 (MS 336) is a 15.778-mile-long (25.392 km) west–east state highway in the North Central Hills region of northern Mississippi, connecting Lafayette Springs, through Thaxton, to Pontotoc. It is generally a narrow two-lane route.
 Mississippi Highway 336 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 15.778 mi[1] (25.392 km) | |||
| Existed | 1958–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  CR 251 (Lafayette Springs Road) in Lafayette Springs | |||
  US 278 / MS 6 near Thaxton MS 15 in Pontotoc | ||||
| East end |   MS 9 / MS 338 in Pontotoc | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Lafayette, Pontotoc | |||
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Route description
editMS 336 begins in Lafayette County at an intersection with Lafayette County Road 251 (CR 251 / Lafayette Springs Road) in the small community of Lafayette Springs, just a little over one mile (1.6 km) north of MS 6/U.S. Route 278 (US 278). Within Lafayette County, it is county-maintained as County Route 272 (CR 272).[1][2] It heads east to leave Lafayette Springs and travel through some woodlands, crossing into Pontotoc County where state maintenance begins. The highway has an intersection with Hurricane Road (a county maintained eastern extension of MS 346) before winding its way through hilly woodlands for the next several miles to pass through the town of Thaxton. MS 336 then has an extremely short 1,700-foot-long (520 m) concurrency with US 278/MS 6 before entering Pontotoc along Turnpike Road. The highway travels through a neighborhood before passing through a major business district, where it has an intersection with MS 15, before coming to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection MS 9/MS 338 (West Oxford Street) on the north side of downtown.
The entire length of Mississippi Highway 336 is a two-lane state highway.[2]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lafayette | Lafayette Springs | 0.000 | 0.000 |  CR 251 (Lafayette Springs Road) to US 278 / MS 6 | Western terminus |
| Pontotoc | | 0.596 | 0.959 |  Hurricane Road to MS 346 | |
| | 9.941 | 15.998 | US 278 / MS 6 – New Albany, Pontotoc, Oxford | Short 1700 feet concurrency with US 278 / MS 6 | |
| Pontotoc | 14.285– 14.389 | 22.989– 23.157 | MS 15 – New Albany, Houston | ||
| 15.778 | 25.392 | MS 9 / MS 338 (W Oxford Street) – Tupelo, Bruce, Sherman | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2017). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 161. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Map of Mississippi Highway 336" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "MS Highways". Mississippi Geospatial Data Catalog. Retrieved June 4, 2021.